in Shanklin has been awarded a 0 star food hygiene rating after inspectors found a range of issues, including widespread uncleanliness and unsafe storage of raw meat.
Environmental Health inspectors from the Isle of Wight Council found no fewer than 17 serious faults in the operation of the High Street restaurant when they visited on 10th March.
Some of the most serious faults included that rainwater from the roof was dripping into the corridor outside the kitchen where the raw meat preparation table is located. It was also found that staff were unable to demonstrate the correct use of a temperature probe. Inspectors were informed that food was checked in Degrees Centigrade but the probe was set for Fahrenheit and staff were unable to show the correct temperature in Fahrenheit or change the settings on the probe
Other serious issues identified included the hand wash basin being obstructed from use. This had also been highlighted at the last inspection and, furthermore, the items obstructing the basin were then replaced there during the inspection, rendering it unusable once again. There were also no materials available for cleaning hands at the wash basin until remedied during the visit.
High-risk food was also being stored in a dry room fridge which was probed and found to be at 9.7c – above the recommended 5c and prone to permit the growth of food poisoning bacteria and moulds, leading to the deterioration in food quality. There was also found to be raw meat stored adjacent to vegetables in the freezer.
The general standard of hygiene was found to be unsatisfactory with multiple instances of uncleanliness identified. Plastic containers in the fridge were found to be dirty and chopping boards and sieves were found to have deteriorated to the extent that they could no longer be cleaned. Fridge and freezer seals were black with dirt, the sides of the oven were dirty with encrusted food debris and grease and there were dirty tea towels stored in the kitchen. Cleanliness was also unsatisfactory at the last inspection.
The restaurant was informed that should similar issues be identified on future inspections, officers will have no option but to consider formal enforcement action.
Food Hygiene Rating – Scores on the doors
Compliance with food hygiene and safety procedures – 15
Compliance with structural requirements – 20
Confidence in management/control procedures – 20
Total score: 55 (0 rating)
Sounds like an authentic Indian restaurant to me
I long for the day when ‘curries’ are detatched culturally from their source.Most Indians wouldn’t indulge in what passes for curries in the UK.They’re essentially unhealthy,sugarfied monstrosities at best,albeit very agreeable to consume.I can’t see why an indigenous UK outlet couldn’t provide something equivalent under a ‘world foods’ umbrella ?
There’s some fine Indian (not Bangladeshi) restaurants in abundance over the solent if you have a penchant for hideous caterwauling’s and discordant sitarings blasting away although i personally don’t.Upsets my digestion,but the food can be incredible.
Seems the island is over represented in the shabby,unhygienic stake’s ?
Shouldn’t be allowed to open a restaurant if y score so low disgusting
It should have been shut down straight away,no excuses
I don’t see the problem. It clearly says authentic Indian flavours above the door. How do you think they get these authentic flavours?
Of for goodness sake, should be closed down….
There seriously is no excuse for dirty food preparation.
Whatever happened to staff training?????
Clean as you go .
Know how to keep freezers and fridges at the correct temperature!!!
Ovens clean in fact everything clean….
Lucky no one has been ill ???
Unless not reported ..
Vote with your feet and wallet…..
whilst not condoning their lack of correct procedure in this modern, super regulated, world…
strangely perhaps, food has been prepared and consumed for tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of years, without fridges, thermometers and food hygine ratings,… yet humanity, as a species, has still managed to not only survive, but multiply to the extenst that the very future of the planet is a risk because of it.
What are you on?
Agree faults with everything ,except oven,how many actually clean oven,high temperature kill’s germ and bacteria the oven must I been excessively bad . I clean mine maybe only twice a year and many don’t at all.
Let’s cut to the chase a zero in Calcutta is likely a good score there.
Now we all know how easy it is to make Curry perhaps these people should up their game or consider another business before they kill some innocent person.
Well what did the Health Inspectors expect. .?? .. It is wrote clearly on their window signage AUTHENTIC Indian Flavours !!! .. Can’t really prosecute them , cos they have warned us ??
shut the bloody place down DUMP
So is it closed??? Disgusting, wouldn’t eat there?
Is it closed??? If not why not??
Hmmm is it me but surely a zero and the s&&t hole should be shut down until better standards are found, so the s&&t hole can stay over still serving possibly making good folk ill CRAZY.
Close these foul places, any food outlet with zero score should be put out of business as they are a dangerous health risk, if the council haven’t got the spine to do it then the public should just boycott the places.
Totally agree. Also it is unfair on the many excellent and hygienic restaurants who do the right thing and have to compete with totally irresponsibly run businesses, who save money by cutting corners and endanger public safety
Needs tougher enforcement of regulations.
Maybe a local bye law is needed.
If a restaurant / takaway has not got a 5 star rating, I will not use it.
These guys have been closed down before and then reopened under a different name but clearly still using the same methods
This is clearly Rashid’s and his Nephew’s fault due to the management changes! They are the ones behind this mess and accusing their staffs over anything and gets away from their own mess, even I saw his nephew threw plates at their staff member and Rashid let it slide until he realised that everyone can see through the window!
Bad management from those 2 cunts!
Eeeewwww this place needs to be shut down.